“Early childhood education offers a better model of learning that honors and develops the whole human, but in later grades, schooling is equipped for an industrial world that no longer exists.”
Letter: With libraries (and other projects), start with the people
“Stop building things from the top down! Start with a foundation! The foundation of a district is its people.”
It’s long past time we ended pointless wars
“Veterans have earned the care the Charles George affords them, but how much better would it be if we pursued peace and didn’t ask our citizens to participate in military actions the world over?”
Inhospitable climate
Letter: Arguments against Raytheon plant fall flat
“How far must one live from Gaffney, S.C., in order to avoid culpability for spelling and grammatical errors committed by Bic pens?”
Letter: Modernize but don’t close branch libraries
“Please keep our small local branches and modernize them for future use!”
Letter: Capital of WNC has problems
“Moving out of this mess in 30 days. Y’all can have it. Going somewhere clean and quiet.”
Letter: New, consolidated library would better serve community
“Our community deserves all that the others have. It is up to each of us to embrace the future, even if it means change.”
Letter: Why did property taxes go up so much?
“The overall tax rate did go down some, but due to my taxable value going up — my total taxes are up 13.76%, and I’m sure theirs also significantly went up.”
Fair imbalanced
Letter: Pandemic intensifies need for Medicaid expansion
“By refusing to expand Medicaid despite this increased need from North Carolina families, our state budget and residents’ health remains compromised.”
Letter: How can democracy work without public schools?
“The schools may need help, better-educated teachers, more money for students in every district, not just one’s own, but without some commonly accepted knowledge, how will our nation survive?”
Letter: Thoughts on home schooling
“I’m a home-schooled recluse, not sorry for that, but don’t ask me to serve my country again (in this or my next life, if any).”
Letter: When are we going to address community’s core issues?
“It is easy to blame politicians for their shortcomings, but when are we going to address the fact that our private, for-profit hospitals have been intentionally under- and defunded to ‘cut costs’ in the name of enriching hospital CEOs?”
Letter: A win-win in BCS’ dropping enrollment
“With fewer children in school because of home schooling, class size could now be an advantage for those who choose or have no choice but Buncombe County Schools.”
Letter: Mission Health should require vaccinations
“How can we ever end this pandemic when even our health care providers remain lax and unwilling to make the hard choice to get and to require vaccinations?”
Letter: Amazed by support for mask mandates
“It’s amazing to see all the letters in support of mask mandates, with no peer-reviewed scientific studies to back them up.”
Letter: We don’t feel safe in Asheville
“I live in Asheville, and I’m wondering why people care more about the homeless than the police who are deciding to quit because of the people in charge not backing them up, and [people] running around shooting up places?”
Letter: Public schools deliver more than academic learning
“If we take away support from our public schools, it will lead to wide inequity and discrimination.”
Letter: Harriet Tubman statue resonates with WNC family’s history
” I loved the emblem of Harriet Tubman with her right hand protectively spread across the chest of a frightened little girl. It speaks volumes to me.”
